Extension-top and feeder for stoves



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D. E. PARIS.

EXTENSIGN TOP AND FEEDER POR STOYES. No.l`345,532. PatentedJuly 1.3, 1886.

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EXTENSION TOP AND FEEDER EOE STONES. No. 345,52v. Patented Ju1yv13, 1886.

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EXTENSION T01? AND FEEDER EOE sTovEs. y No. 345,532. Patented July 13, 1886.

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D. E. PARIS.

EXTENSION TOP AND EEEDEE EOE STOVES. No. 345,532.. Patented July 13, 1886.

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D. B. PARIS.

EXTENSIONI'OP AND FEEDER FOR STOVES.

No. 345,532. Patented July 13, 1333.

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DANIEL E. PARIS, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

EXTENSION-TOP AND FEEDER FOR STOVMESa SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,532, dated July 13, 1886.

Applcationfled December 31,1884. Serial No. 151,620. (No model.)

a stove so constructed that it may be readily converted from afullyequipped kitchen-stove having a capacious oven into a parlor-stove in which no trace of the cooking equipments are apparent.

My invention consists in the several novel -features of construction and combinationsof parts hereinafter fully set forth, and definitely pointed out in the claims annexed to this specication.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the stove, representing it in form for the parlor or other dwelling-room. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the stove converted into a kitchen or cooking stove. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of Fig. 2, from front to rear, the sectionplane extending a little below the top of the stove proper. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of Fig. 1, taken in a plane coincident with the surface of the extension-top. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the feeder from end to end, showing the gas-dues and the attachments for the griddles. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of one end of the feeder, the outer portion of the supporting-wing being removed. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the extension-top detached. Fig. 7 is a detail `perspective of the feeder-top and one of the hinged covers, showing the cam-arm acting upon the latter Vandthe coacting cam upon the axis of the feeder-lid. Fig. S is a detail view of one ofthe griddles.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 denotes the body ofthe stove, which is preferably of rectangular form, though such vshape is not an essential feature of the invention. This body is supported upon legs 2, and is provided with end shelves, 3, the construction of which is described and claimed in other applications filed by me of even date herewith. Within the lower portion of said body is formed a chamber having a door, 4, adapted to receive an ash-pan, or to be converted into an oven by the insertion of a top plate, the heatingflues for said oven being arranged in the ends of the stove-body. In the upper portion of the latter is arranged a firepot having its bottom closed by a grate, a draft-door, 5, supplying vent to thev latter, and a check-draft, 6, arranged above it to control the draft. The chimney 7 is placed uponthe back of the stove, and communicates with the heating-dues in the ends of the stovebody and also with the surface-burning nre-pot, said chimney being provided with a damper, 8, by which the draft may be turned into the heating-fines. All these features are fully shown and described in the several applications filed by me of the same date herewith, and no special eXplana tion of the same is, therefore, required in this specication.

Upon the horizontal surface of the stovebody 1 is placed an extension-top, 9, (shown separately in Fig. 6.) Asemi-oval openingis formed in this top to receive the hinged griddie-section, and upon each end of said opening the top is extended toward the rear, forming narrow'strips 10, having a rack, 11, formed on their inner edges. The extensiontop 9 lies and moves upon a stationary top, 9", upon which are journaled pinions 11n, so located that when the extension is laid in proper position its racks will mesh with said pinion.

Upon the rear central portion of the stovetop is mounted a feeder, 12,consisting of an upright rectangular casing, open at the bottom and closed at the top by a lid, 13. This feeder is supported by wings 14., attached by lugs 14 to pinion-casing 14 upon its ends near the bottom, said wingshaving friction-wheels 15, which run upon the surfaces of the strips 10. Upon the end of this feederis journaled a shaft, 16, having its end squared to receive a key, and provided with a pinion, 17, which vmeshes with a rack, 18, formedupon the outwardly-projecting edge of the stationary top 9.

Upon the pinion-casings 14, to which the supporting-wings 14 are attached, are formed narrow horimntal edges having racks 21, which mesh with the pinions 11a' and actuate the Ice kkettlcs or otherdishes may be placed overk the fire, or which may be closed by griddles 24.

This :hinged griddlesection may, rwhen turned l latter when the feeder is moved in either di-` whieh openings,

extension-top, circular aperturesmithinwhich up against tl-lefceder, be held in that position f by 'a pivotal gravitycateh, 25.

Upon the-'back' of lthe feeder 12 is .formed a f line-casing, 26, closed at thetop and open at fthe bottom to' allovz'exity of ythe, gaseous produets of Lcon'ibustiein'tof thel chimney. Thisy flue-easing communicates with theinterior of Lthe yfeeder, by meansy lof ilueopeningsy 26,

through which the gases which collect are ear! ried cil. Ilhe lower end of the feeder drops somewhat.belowr the top ofthe stovey proper and is provided `with short bars27'. r f f f l f f f .Upon the back of the feeder-casing, near-cach end, are pivotally mounted rswinging. covers 2S,formedofsuitably-ornainented metal. plates f having sufficient opening in their ornamentzr `tion to permit the free escape. of heated ai rand,

also to somewhat diminish their weight; Upon'oneof .the covers is formed or attached a curved camwpiecefor arm, 29, which, as ther cover swings back, engages with a lug or camupon ythe axis yofy the feeder-lid, 13, thereby raising the lid automatically-fandholding it at any desired point. rlhe enacting `surfaces uponthese camsl do not .engage with each other, however, until kthe -f cover has been turned entirel y off the feeder, so that the rise of the lid will not be obstructed by the overhanging cover.

The griddles 24 consist of circular metallic plates, each having a lug, 31, projecting from its edge, and provided with a depending portion, 32, having a catch or flange, 32". These catches and the parts upon which they are formed enter openings 33 in the griddle-section, by which they are retained in place. Vhen not in use, they may be inserted in apertures 34, formed in the wings upon each end of the feeder, wherein they are supported in a horizontal position and forni auxiliary shelves, the body of the griddle being supported by nipples 34, joined upon the wings 14".

The fire-pot is provided with a metallic lining, 35, the rear section whereof is formed with a horizontal plate or double flange, 36, upon its top. This plate lies beneath the lower end of the feeder when the latter is run back, and serves to prevent the escape of its contents should it be run back` when full, or in case it should be filled while in that position.

One object of the removable feeder is to enable me to employ cover-holes or a top surface directly over the fire. A. top surface for pots, pans, and vessels to be heated is essential, and if this top surface .is not over the hottest. part` offthe fire lit is of. small value.A

When it is desired to use this top surface, it is important'that the rfeeder be adjusted from over the central bed` of.y the firel so as to yprovide space over the latter. When the feeder Ais forsuehpurposes'movcd .to the .back part of the stove and from over the centra-l body of .the fire, it becomes desirable to hold the fuel in the'feedcr so long asthe feedcris atthc us'edto' heatvesscls. To' accomplish thisl and. prevent aecumulationof fuel at the rear ofthe ystove'and.permit the hottest part of the fire to; be utilized'whcnlthefecderis inovedfto the f l rear of the stove, provide the shelf or plate 3G,y as abovedescribed, tohold the fuel in said feeder.-. u

The griddles may, if desired, he left in the kgriddle-section'whenthe latter is turned up against the feeder, thek ings 3l and their connections serving to retain them so nearly 1n fplace aste preventall dangerofthcir. falling.

- The draft may be through kthe lfire-pot di-k rectly to the chimney, or it may be directed throughthe heatingilues.l f ln either case there isa free circulation through the-feeder and its f rearl fine-casing, by which the accumulated gasesar'e carriedoffthrough the'openings 26".,

whence they pass through the flue-casing and escape through the chimney.

Theffeeder-is supported,.as already stated, by lateral wings 14, and a rack is formed upon each' of f theA pinion.- casings supporting said wings, said .racks Ameshing. with pinions 11,

journaled upon the stationary top and meshing withfthe racksl upon the prolonged ends of the extensiontop. This gives movement to the latter at each end, and thus avoids all binding thereof.

It will be understood thatI may so construct the stove that the feeder, or both the feeder and the eXtension-top,may be moved by hand without the elnployment of any special mechanism for such purposes.

l. The combination, 'with a stove having a front top plate for heating vessels, and guides on the top plate from the rear forward, of a fuel-feeder fitted to said guides, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a stove having a top plate and supporting-guides from the rear forward, of a fuel-feeder having bearings supported on said guides, and a shelf or plate below the feeder in the rear part of the firechamber to hold the fuel in the feeder, substantially as described. r

3. The combination, with a stove having a top plate and guides, of a feeder fitted to said guides, and rackandpinion mechanism for moving the feeder, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a stove having a top provided with guides and recessed to receive a griddle=plate, of a movable feeder fitted to the said guides and a griddle-plate for fitting said recess, substantially as described.

kback of the stove and awayfrom the centralA f yor mainbody of the fire, which latter is then IIC) IZO

' 5. The combination, with a stove having a recessed top and guides, of an extensible top provided with cover-openings and mounted y upon the recessed top, a feeder fitted to said ..5 guides, a rackLand-gear connection between the feeder` and the extensible top, and covers pivoted to the feeder, substantially' as described.

6. The combination, with a stove, of aslid- 1o ing feeder, an extensiontop, a griddle-section hinged upon and carried by said feeder, and,

mechanism, substantially as described, for expanding and contracting the stovetopl` substantially as described.

15 7. The combination, with a stove having a portion of its top stationary, of 'an extension top, a sliding feeder, a rack formed or mounted upon the stationary top, and a pinion journaled upon the feeder and meshingwith said rack,

2o whereby said feeder is moved backward and forward, substantially as described.

8. The combination, with a stove having a portion of its top stationary, of an extensible topi having rearwardly-extending ends pro- 25 vided with racks which mesh with a pinion, journaled upon the stationary top, a sliding feeder having a rack meshing with said pinion, and a pinion journaled upon said feeder and meshing with a rack upon the stationary top,

",J substantially as described.

9. The combination, with a stove having a top plate, of a fuel-feeder supported upon said top plate, two covers pivoted to the vertical rear corners of the feeder and one provided adjacent to its top pivoted edge with a pro- 35 jecting cam-arm,and a lid hinged at one edge to the top of the feeder and provided at one corner with a cam-arm in position to be engaged by the camarm on the cover, substantially as described.

10.V The combination, with a stove having its top plate provided with guides, of an eX- tension-top having the strips 10, and a sliding feeder fitting the said guides and having lateral wings provided with friction-rolls resting 45 on said strips, substantially as described.

ll. The combination, with a stove havinga portion of its top plate stationary, of a hori zontally-movable extension-top, a feeder, and a griddle-section hinged to the feeder, sub 5o stantially as described.

12. The combination, with a stove having a portion of its top plate stationary, of a feeder,

a hinged griddle-section, a horizontally-movable extensiontop, and swinging covers pivot- 5 5 ed to the feeder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` DANL. E. PARIS.

Witnesses:

Jas. H. CARPENTER, ARTHUR W. BRADLEY. 

